Wednesday, September 3, 2008

An Oldie that just fits....

This song peaked at # 74 on the Pop chart in 1983 while hitting #1 on the Country chart, but it fits with today.....

A Little Good NewsAnne MurrayWritten by Charles Black, Rory Bourke, and Thomas Rocco

I rolled out this morningKids had the mornin' news show onBryant Gumbel was talkin' 'bout the fighting in LebanonSome senator was squawkin' 'bout the bad economyIt's gonna get worse you see, we need a change in policy

There's a local paper rolled up in a rubber bandOne more sad story's one more than I can standJust once how I'd like to see the headline say"Not much to print today, can't find nothin' bad to say", because

Nobody robbed a liquor store on the lower part of townNobody OD'ed, nobody burned a single buildin' downNobody fired a shot in anger, nobody had to die in vainWe sure could use a little good news today

I'll come home this evenin'I'll bet that the news will be the sameSomebody takes a hostage, somebody steals a planeHow I wanna hear the anchor man talk about a county fairAnd how we cleaned up the air, how everybody learned to careWhoa, tell me

Nobody was assassinated in the whole Third World todayAnd in the streets of Ireland, all the children had to do was playAnd everybody loves everybody in the good old USAWe sure could use a little good news today

Nobody robbed a liquor store on the lower part of townNobody OD'ed, nobody burned a single buildin' down

Nobody fired a shot in anger, nobody had to die in vainWe sure could use a little good news today